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Noah Answers Your Questions - LG Vu or the iPhone?

Noah Kravitz
Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008
by Noah Kravitz, Senior Editor, Consumer Products and Services
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Q. Thanks for making all the great phone review videos, it really gives me a general idea of what is good and not so good when is comes to the cellular market. I actually work at an AT&T store in WA, and I currently have a dealer line through AT&T but for some idiotic reason they won't let me use the iphone on my dealer line. So what I was wondering is how comparable is the LG Vu to the iphone, when it comes down to general workability. I wouldn't use the internet a whole lot, or for that matter the mobile TV function (but it is cool), basically just using it as a phone, mp3 player, and a text messaging machine, with a little camera action thrown in on the side. Just wanted to get your thoughts on this phone.

A. The Vu is definitely a good phone.  It's not on par with iPhone for usability because iPhone's touchscreen is honestly way better than anything else out there.  I'm not trying to be biased - it's just head and shoulders above the rest.  That being said, though, Vu works well and I love how thin and lightweight it is.  With a good sized memory card and maybe some Bluetooth headphones, it should make a good mp3 player, and the touchscreen is large and good enough to work well for texting.  On its own merits, Vu is definitely a very good handset.  But since you asked, it's not as responsive or "fun to use" as iPhone.  Hope that helps.

Adam Benesh
Monday, July 28, 2008I was wondering if there was a video that shows the usabilty of the Vu's HTML browser, does it work good, is it comparable to anything?
Ronxx Patel
Wednesday, July 23, 2008dude you should just get the iPhone. The touchscreen is way better than the vu. Web browsing andtouchsceen is definetely better on iPhone.
Kevin Kruse
Thursday, July 10, 2008I'd have given the Vu serious consideration if it had navigation, but to my surprise I discovered it didn't. TV... but no nav. Hmmm...

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